Parents' Choice Book Award 2011

Given by Parents' Choice Foundation

91 Works 45,435 Books 2,141 Reviews 4.2
(1978–2022)


The Parents' Choice Award was an award presented by the non-profit Parents' Choice Foundation to recognize "the very best products for children of different ages and backgrounds, show more and of varied skill and interest levels." It was considered a "prestigious" award among children's products, and had been described by the Cincinnati Enquirer as the industry equivalent of an Academy Award.




The Parents' Choice Awards were established in 1978 by Diana Huss Green, who was then the president of the Parents' Choice Foundation. The award recipients were determined by a committee of educators, scientists, performing artists, librarians, parents and children. One of six award commendations were given to award winners: Classic, Gold, Silver, Recommended, Approved or "Fun Stuff."

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Super Science: Feel the Force!: Full of Pop-Up Physics Fun by Tom Adams
2011
My Rhinoceros by Jon Agee
2011
Your Friend in Fashion, Abby Shapiro by Amy Axelrod
2011
Saving Zasha by Randi Barrow
2011
Shoe-La-La! by Karen Beaumont
2011
Bailey by Harry Bliss
2011
My Beastly Book of Hilarious Heroes: 150 Ways to Doodle, Scribble, Color and Draw by Vincent Boudgourd
2011
You Will Be My Friend! by Peter Brown
2011
At the Sea Floor Cafe: Odd Ocean Critter Poems by Leslie Bulion
2011
Eric Carle's Treasury of Classic Stories for Children by Eric Carle
2011
Floors by Patrick Carman
2011
Flyaway by Lucy Christopher
2011
Amazing Pop-Up Trucks by Robert Crowther
2011
Your Fantastic Elastic Brain by JoAnn Deak
2011
The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale by Carmen Agra Deedy
2011
My Beastly Book of Twisted Tales: 150 Ways to Doodle, Scribble, Color and Draw by Berengere Delaporte
2011
Phantoms in the Snow by Kathleen Benner Duble
2011
My Side of the Car by Kate Feiffer
2011
The Midnight Tunnel: A Suzanna Snow Mystery (Suzanna Snow Mysteries) by Angie Frazier
2011
Planting the Wild Garden by Kathryn O. Galbraith
2011
Ice by Arthur Geisert
2011
Dear Hot Dog by Mordicai Gerstein
2011
Flanimals Pop-Up by Ricky Gervais
2011
Eona by Alison Goodman
2011
Say Hello to Zorro! by Carter Goodrich
2011
The Fabulous Flying Machines of Alberto Santos-Dumont by Victoria Griffith
2011
My Big Mouth: 10 Songs I Wrote That Almost Got Me Killed by Peter Hannan
2011
Charlie Russell : tale-telling cowboy artist by Lois V. Harris
2011
The Trouble with May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm
2011
Fallen Grace by Mary Hooper
2011
Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck
2011
Tiger's Quest by Colleen Houck
2011
The Crows of Pearblossom by Aldous Huxley
2011
Small as an Elephant by Jennifer Richard Jacobson
2011
Can We Save the Tiger? by Martin Jenkins
2011
This Girl Is Different by J. J. Johnson
2011
The Pet Shop Revolution by Ana Juan
2011
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
2011
Icefall by Matthew J. Kirby
2011
The Loser List by H. N. Kowitt
2011
Big Wig: A Little History of Hair by Kathleen Krull
2011
My Book Of Numbers 1-30 (Kumon Workbooks) by Kumon
2011
My First Book Of Mazes by Kumon
2011
My First Book Of Uppercase Letters (Kumon Workbooks) by Kumon
2011
Marshall Armstrong is New to Our School by David Mackintosh
2011
Your Moon, My Moon: A Grandmother's Words to a Faraway Child by Patricia MacLachlan
2011
I Spy Spectacular: A Book of Picture Riddles by Jean Marzollo
2011
13 Gifts by Wendy Mass
2011
To Market, to Market by Nikki McClure
2011
Monkey: A Trickster Tale from India by Gerald McDermott
2011
Me . . . Jane by Patrick McDonnell
2011
Waddles by David McPhail
2011
Happy 100th Day by Susan Milord
2011
Making Mummies, Shrinking Heads: And Other Useful Skills by Pat Murphy
2011
Aesop's Fables by Beverley Naidoo
2011
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson
2011
Season of Secrets by Sally Nicholls
2011
Lost in Lexicon: An Adventure in Words and Numbers by Pendred Noyce
2011
Second Fiddle by Rosanne Parry
2011
The Flint Heart by Katherine Paterson
2011
With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson by Andrea Davis Pinkney
2011
Star Gazer by Chris Platt
2011
Africa Sticker Collection by Putumayo Kids
2011
Belle, The Last Mule at Gee's Bend: A Civil Rights Story by Calvin Alexander Ramsey
2011
Seriously, Norman! by Chris Raschka
2011
Words in the Dust by Trent Reedy
2011
Encyclopedia Mythologica: Dragons and Monsters Pop-Up by Matthew Reinhart
2011
Encyclopedia Mythologica: Gods and Heroes Pop-Up by Matthew Reinhart
2011
Animals Home Alone by Loes Riphagen
2011
Chanukah Lights by Michael J. Rosen
2011
Chasing the Nightbird by Krista Russell
2011
A Mango in the Hand: A Story Told Through Proverbs by Antonio Sacre
2011
Where's Walrus? by Stephen Savage
2011
The Storm Before Atlanta by Karen Schwabach
2011
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
2011
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Wan Long Shang
2011
I'm Not. by Pam Smallcomb
2011
Now It Is Summer by Eileen Spinelli
2011
The Pasta Detectives by Andreas Steinhöfel
2011
Bring on the Birds by Susan Stockdale
2011
Lost and Found: Three by Shaun Tan (Lost and Found Omnibus) by Shaun Tan
2011
Diego Rivera: His World and Ours by Duncan Tonatiuh
2011
The Reinvention of Bessica Lefter by Kristen Tracy
2011
Young Fredle by Cynthia Voigt
2011
The Queen of France by Tim Wadham
2011
Star Wars: Darth Vader: A 3-D Reconstruction Log by Daniel Wallace
2011
The Usborne Book of Drawing, Doodling and Coloring by Fiona Watt
2011
Six Days by Philip Webb
2011
The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps by Jeanette Winter
2011
The House Baba Built: An Artist's Childhood in China by Ed Young
2011
A Pet for Miss Wright by Judy Young
2011

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(1978–2022)

The Parents' Choice Award was an award presented by the non-profit Parents' Choice Foundation to recognize "the very best products for children of different ages and backgrounds, and of varied skill and interest levels." It was considered a "prestigious" award among children's products, and had been described by the Cincinnati Enquirer as the industry equivalent of an Academy Award.


The Parents' Choice Awards were established in 1978 by Diana Huss Green, who was then the president of the Parents' Choice Foundation. The award recipients were determined by a committee of educators, scientists, performing artists, librarians, parents and children. One of six award commendations were given to award winners: Classic, Gold, Silver, Recommended, Approved or "Fun Stuff."

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URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parents%27_Choice_Award
(659), +4 to BN.com's listing (655). To be reconciled. (English, Member-written)

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